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good afternoon, i'm larry beil. >> new tee tails have emerged about the ordeal three women survived for the past decade. being held captive insifd a home in cleveland. neighbors helped the three women escape yesterday. >> usa today reporting their captors raped them repeatedly resulting in up to five pregnancis. one woman had a baby while being held captive.
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and she is now six years old. >> those women sor strong. it's what we do here is nothing compared to what those woman have done to sur vif. >> the search focuses on a home owned by one of three brothers considered suspects. fbi also plans to search other properties he owns for evidence in this case. >> people close to the three women are overjoyed by the home coming. >>. >> it may be several hours before police come out to talk about what they think happened inside that have house for 10 years. in the meantime those who know the suspects are shocked. those who know the victims, celebrating. in front of amanda berry's home, an outpouring love. friends and family rejoicing
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them, having her returned to them as a brave young mother. >> we're going to cellwell come that little girl into our family. >> yesterday, berry's pleas were first heard by a neighbor, charles ramsey. >> we had to kick open the bottom. waits cleep. she climbed out with her daughter berry called 911. >> help me, i've been kidnapped and missing 10 years. i'm here, i'm free now. >> she informed police two women were continue side. gina dejesus and gina knight. >> they came out of the house after police approached. >> now under arrest former school bus driver aerial castro and his two brothers in their 50s. >> i'm sorry. damage was done
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by a member of the family. >> neighbors are stunned. >> i thought he was a nice guy. he was loving to kids in the neighborhood. and we never had suspicion autos the women are out of the hospital. police say they're doing well, police say they started to talk to the women but will move cautiously given the trauma they've faced. >> now, you just heard a clip from amanda berry's 911 call. >> it's so riveting we wanted to give you a longer version of the call. take a listen. >> help me. i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police, fire, or ambulance. >> what is going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and missing 10 years z i'm here, i'm free now! >> okay, stay there. we'll talk to police when you get there. >> okay. okay.
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i need them now before he gets back. >> who is the guy that went out? >> his name is aerial castro. >> how old is he? >> like 52. >> did you wait for him? >> he's hispanic. >> what is he wearing? >> i don't know. he's not here now. >> at this point formal charges have yet to be filed against castro or his brothers. reports say castro kept the women died tied up and police did find chains from the ceiling. today a neighbor did not want her face shown recalled seeing a nude woman crawling in the backyard she yelled but castro ordered the woman back into the house. >> we thought it's phony, we thought it's weird so we called the cops. they thought we were playing and joking. they didn't believe us. a.
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>> that neighbor recalls seeing a woman in front of a window. castro later boarded up the windows. officials say they have no record of neighbors contacting authorities about anything at that house. >> elizabeth smart says she's overjoyed for those three women. speaking on abc's good morning america smart advised women to try to focus on moving forward and let going of the past and said the escape proves there are more happy endings out there. >> they don't need to hold on to the past and relive everything that happened because their rescue is proof there are good people out there, more good people out there than not who want the best for them. who want them to be happy and want good things to happen. >> smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom. she was found nine months later just 18 miles from her home. >> and the story reminds us of the jaycee dugard abduction.
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she was just 11 years old. and she was kidnapped and held captive for 18 years, phillip garrido and his wife are serving prison sentences. dugard saying these individuals need the opportunity to heal and connect back into the world this isn't who they are, it's only what happened to them. in 2011 dugard spoke with abc's diane sawyer about why she didn't try to escape. >> something held me back. like i sted stil have those handcuffs on. my -- mind manipulation. >> dugard is in washington, d.c. in an event for missing and exploited children. we'll go live to the neighborhood where dugard was found this, case is bringing back memories for neighbor there's as well. >> the animated cleveland man becoming a national hero. >> he says he was just hanging
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out eating mock donalds when he heard berry screaming for help. he kicked in the door, rescuing her, he's now a internet celebrity. his beloved mcdonalds is tweeting this. we salute the courage of ohio kidnap victims and respect their privacy, way to go charles ramsey, we'll be in touch. >> moving on to other news, the county coroner identified the fifth woman who died in saturday night's limb scene fire. >> the 43-year-old from alameda was among a group of nine women celebrating a friend's wedding. she died and four others died as well when that limo burst into flames. the group met early on saturday to begin this limo ride. and new at 5:00 we'll speak to her husband about this tragic accident. >> we have a picture of anna taken saturday afternoon. he drove to meet her friends at that limo.
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he told abc 7 news his wife was excited about this get together and says the couple was gearing up to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary this month. and says a friend called to tell him about the accident and he rushed to the bridge. >> i drove to the scene. and i got there. the bodies were covered and the police told me... about what happened. just that i know that my wife was there. >> and here are the pictures of the victims of the limb scene fire. the first four all work together at fruit veil health center. garanga was a medical technology in oakland. >> and here are the four women
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who were fortunate to escape. one is now home, and one released from stanford medical center. >> this tragedy is stunning and comes when people are renting limb scenes for prom. >> cornell bernard went out to find out about the safety practices. >> this grand affair has been building custom limb yoz 23 years. he says the company did not build the limo that caught fire saturday but he was very disturbed by what he saw. >> like a worst nightmare to have a car catch on fire. i've never seen in 28 year, never seen something so catastrophic like that one. >> after seeing this video he believes he knows when may have caused the fire. >> i would assume that the gas
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tank caught fire. >> this company offers limos for hire. each vehicle is checked and inspected inside and out after the least once a month for safety. each limo in this fleet carries a fire extinguisher this, limb scene licensed to carry 10 passengers. clients ask to fit one more person but the answer is always no. >> we do not put nor vehicles because cars were not built to carry extra weight. >> he says people should not be afraid to ride in a limo and should always look out for red flags when renting one. >> when you call an operator if the price seems below market than what everyone else is charging that should be a red flag. >> owners here say they're making changes.
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the extinguishers are not in the trunk but out front with the driver and door locking knobs will be extended to make it easy for passengers to get out of the vehicle if they have to. >> you you can get latest developments any time and breaking news alerts by following us on twitter. >> traffic alert right now. delay expected on the golden gate bridge. officials say kas fault came lose on a span this morning. there were massive delays earlier in the day. >> you can see it's a gorgeous day out there once again. >> yes. >> it's a gorgeous day. mainly dry. we have qilt a few clouds around but some bright spots as well.
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in the north bay, areas of scattered and light showers around clear lake. there is some light snow showers and rain below near lake level. here is a live view at lake tahoe showing fresh snow on the ground. 63 in san francisco. a live view from our sutro camera. you can see blue skies above us. 71 degrees in santa rosa. here is the forecast. this evening partly clear skies becoming mostly cloudy overnight. clouds lingering with partly cloudy skies highs from 60s on the coast. i'll tell you about warm up for mother's day weekend. >> still ahead a team
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suspended for fighting. >> another record day as the dow hits a milestone. >> only on abc 7 news riding along with oakland police chief as he takes us into the city's toughest neighborhoods. what he says is the worst day on the job. >> and taking a look at traffic right now this, is the san francisco skyway. it's slow going across
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stocks break another record and driverless cars might be on the road soon. >> we're live with today's after the bell report. hi, emily. >> good afternoon. the dow closing above 15,000 for the first time as s and p extends it's gain. the rally fueled by optimism over better than estimated kr prit earnings. the dow is up this year, best start since 1991. on the flip side the bloomberg silicon valley dropped today. the world's largest entertainment company on strengths at its theme parks google reporting -- google reporting siri's internet links have been cut to the
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outside world. e mail, web sites and other services have become inaccessible. the report which tracks the status showed a drop off in internet traffic in syria in the middle of a civil war. >> online radio service pandora says the 40 hour cap on mobile listening is working to help contain it's biggest expense. not stopping listeners, though. and you might be seeing driverless cars on the road, soon. maybe. saying technologies that can take over for drivers are a logical step in the evolution of cars and tesla is in talks about this technology. at bloomberg studios in san francisco, larry, carolyn, back to you. >> thank you. >> a north carolina teenager
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is paying an embarrassing price for bad behavior. the parents of the 15-year-old are making him stand in front of their householding a sign for 10 days. his folks say it's punishment for being suspended from school and general disrespectful behavior. >> i'm tired of crying and tired of having to go out to the school and on stand by because he don't he know how to act in the classroom. i love him deary. hiz my baby but rate he's going, i'm scare ootd sign reads "hi. my name is william. i don't like staying in school so this is what i'm going to do for a living so get a good look at me because you'll see me in the future with another sign saying i will work for food". william says his buy haifor was not worth this. >> tough love from ronda. i know ich told my kids you're going to be dressed up in a
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frankfurter costume when going to school. >> whatever it takes to get the message across. >> we've got nice weather coming our way. i expect a good meal. here is a look at dry conditions now. afternoon hours, brought us more sunshine. we have pockets of excite lite scattered showers near clear lake. some down near the lake that is all we expect to happen. these are the features. it will be mostly cloudy overnight. clouds and sunshine. will be sunnier and warmer this weekend just in time from mother as day. a movement of the low pressure system brought us unsettled weather is still a weather maker for us. this is our weather maker
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around that low producing showers i've shof shoeed you just a moment ago. and a lot of moisture will linger into the air here for the next 24 hours or so, lots of clouds. mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles tomorrow. it's some breaks of sunshine. overnight tonight will be mild around, low temperatures into low to mid-50s, tomorrow, we'll see clouds with intervals of sun in the south bay. high temperatures ranging from 71 in san jose. on the coast, 62 in half moon bay. downtown a high of 64 tomorrow. north bay, milder than that. upper 60s in santa rosa.
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maybe a spot or two of sprinkling weather. east bay highs of 67 in oakland and newark. inland east bay warming up to just above 70 degrees. and is here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. look like clouds goring to linger through thursday. sunnier, milder friday. then we warm up to more seasonal levels over the weekend. high temperatures mid-80s around the bay. that is great weather. looks like it's cooler, cloudier pattern going to taper off by the end of the week. >> thank you spencer. >> up next, kaepernicking with mrs. obama. >> and then, after 4:30 a fan's dream, dodgers super star makes one young man's day. the autograph ball is just the beginning.
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>> another live check of traffic. this is 680 in walnut creek. traffic is northbound heading towards concord. you can see the back of the screen backed up.
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kaepernicking reached the white house. >> today, 49ers quarterback
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posted an intsagram picture of himself. >> now, take a look at this one. showing mrs. obama the bicep kiss and gets her in on the craze. the first lady showing perfect form. >> that is vampire like to me. you know? the dracula. >> i don't watch those movies. sorry. i don't know what that is. i think you -- that doesn't work. eva longoria may be a size zero but there is a food she can eat all day long. >> spencer got it. >> he got it. >> here is today's entertainment report. >> some of the leading ladies were all in new york last night embracing a risky scene at this year's met gala. punk. kristin stewart to heidi klum big time celebrities punched
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out for the metropolitan museum of art. >> you can go with it. do you know what i mean? i didn't want to interpret it literally. i love sid vicious and that whole era. but i wanted to do my own thing. put my own twist on it. >> another head turner was kim kardashian, receiving mixed reviews for her floral gown. eva longoria has been the face of a lay's potato chips contest. she's also the face of many other companies. >> i like thing that's are organic to who i am. i love potato chips. i'm the only person not to spit out prot duct i like i'm going eat these all day long. >> she walked with way with a million dollars.
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>> still head at 4:00 you'll hear from a women on the bridge the night of the deadly limo fire. >> plus we know what caused a sink hole. >> and riding along with
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president obama says military personal are betraying uniforms they're wearing. remarks in response to an arrest of lieutenant colonel who led the air force sexual assault prevention and response unit and has been charged with groping a woman in a virginia parking lot sunday. the president expressed outrage over the news of the arrest as did bay area congress woman jackie speier. >> we're on big on holding hearings and beating our chests and saying this has got to stop. big brass comes up and say all the right words. they say we have a zero tolerance. and then, our chief prevention officer is charged with a sexual assault.
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>> a recent pentagon report estimated 26,000 u.s. military personnel expeer ers yensed unwanted content last year up from about 19,000 in 2010. >> there are conflicting reports on a driver and what happened. here are pictures of all five victims on the top row. michelle and the bride both worked as nurses in fresno. the fifth woman is from alameda. >> meala survived but five friends did not. she believes the limo driver could have done more to help. >> he said i told you sir there is smoke, then a fire came skpou. i said there is already a fire and stop the car, stop the car!
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>> a witness now has come forward to corroborate at kt. >> that if he was wearing a suit i didn't see him. >> victor was a passenger in the car going the other way on the bridge. he saw the fire, stopped, and watched in horror. he wondered then and has ever since why he didn't see the driver. when he saw ariano's version on the news he wasn't surprised. >> i have two hernias and in considering i'm this disabled person i was willing to jump over to open the door. and it just because i cannot understand where was this limb scene driver? >> the driver says he did everything he could. >> if the car was engulfed, completely engulfed and i felt that nobody could have survived that. >> the women were all trying to get out through a window between the front and back seat. >> asked him help me, help me.
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because i -- bring up my head from the compartment said help me. so i can squeeze over there and slide myself. please, open the door! open the door! he didn't do anything. >> i asked victor about the possibility the driver was in the car at the time. or that he just didn't see him, he says that could be true but he says he watch asked just didn't see the driver. he just had a lot of questions. in antioch amy holeefield abc 7 news. >> oakland has been getting attention for murders and shoot beings the past couple years. >> turns out robberies are way up. fbi statistics show oakland has highest rate in the fashion. >> police chief got behind the wheel to take abc 7 news nick smith on patrol with him. this must have been eye opening. >> it was. you know he took us up and down because this was once part of his beat and he spoke
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about challenges. >> it comes back to the same issue he took plea through the same issues. now more than 20 years later he's chief of a department battling urban crime as far as the city hall and unpopular consultant and perhaps, most of all,. >> leads to a high incidents of violence in the city. >> the tools behind that violence on display for abc 7 news. police and fbi agents made several arrests and seized thousands worth of heroin. saying the action was in response to a spike in crime. >> officers at the scene, it's rough out here. we don't have enough people. >> as rough as it is now, he says the roughest day was in
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march, 2009. four officers were murdered. >> i knew all of them personally. it's a darkened day of my career. but you know we're still recovering. from this. >> at the time opd had more than 830 officers today the number hovers into low 600s. today, accord together chief criminals are willing to turn firepower on anyone. >> you have too many people like that run running around with guns. >> the danger of violence is a daily reality but the chief is aware of a larger reality. there are many who just don't trust opd. and a big challenge may be as well as bill bratton. >> a chief like this you need someone like that.
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to give you advice there. is not a lot i've gone through that he hasn't gone through. >> coming up what the chief says that may shock you and his interaction with a former gang member. >> public works officials say a brick sewer is to blame for a sink hole yesterday. sky 7 over the 22 foot wide crater after it caved in. this is neert presidio. they do sate collapse highlights the need to fix the city aging sewer system. >> golden state warriors guard graces the cover of sports ill traited this week featured on a regional cover on the magazine. the title says give stej curry an inch and he might take golden state a mile.
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since the good old days of world be free. stej heighting up on the way to 44 points. the warrior was under four minutes to go, then, epic collapse took place in san antonio come back to force overtime. that allowed warriors to take the lead again. then, golden state defense confused and out of possession allowing to win it. if. >> i went from trading him on the spot to wanting to cook him breakfast tomorrow.
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>> warriors playing again tomorrow night for game two. that is back in oracle friday night for game three. we're happen yes to say you can watch game four sunday here on abc 7 with tip time at 12:30 in the afternoon. >> still ahead dodger fans are -- player autos yes. >> exactly. >> looking at this thing this is not right. matt kemp not like too much, but giants fans but you may change your mind after you see what this baseball great gif a young fan. >> and looking from our high definition east bay hills camera, we can see wisps of s cirrus and a broad expanse of blu. will this pattern last? the accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> time for another live check of traffic. looking from our camera in emoriville. oncoming traffic going on 80 east.
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you can see the maze snakes back for miles there, it seems. stay with us
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matt kemp plays for los angeles divers but what did he this weekend might win over even the most loyal fans. >> appearing on you tube shows
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him running across the field this weekend. and he takes off his hat then jersey and shoes. >> that is remarkable. kemp is an all star player and an all star person as well. >> that is remarkable. >> yes. >> good stuff. >> yes. >> that was remarkable. starting with a time lapse view this afternoon we had low clouds and some build ups there. notice how fog thind out and went away. so lots of sunshine is all we
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have in the way of precipitation. talking baseball this is lots of daylight so tomorrow, areas of light showers and pockets of light showers here in the bay area we'll have clouds lingering tomorrow, maybe a sprinkle or two. high temperatures ranging from mid to upper 60s around the bay to low 80s inland and a pleasant day. >> looks like a nice stretch. >> up next new jersey governor takes measures to slim down. take a look at what he did.
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>> plus, this is not a stunt. how a fender bender left a man clinging to the hood of a car. >> we get home refinancing ads this the mail they sound lick a good deal. what you
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governor christie revealed today he's undergone lap band surge hery but still says it's nobody's business and has nothing to do with politics. he said he had surgery in february. his aides say he lost 30 pounds so far. he took exception to a question he did not reveal his surgery. >> you're implying that the reason i didn't want to tell anybody is i thought it was a problem that, is not the issue. waits not your business it's nobody's business other than mine, in my opinion. >> here are pictures from when he was fire heavier. he is considered to be a leading candidate for the republican presidential nomination in 2016 if he decides to run. >> police looking for a woman who drove two miles with a man clinging to the hood of her car. >> look at this video.
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that is about 35 miles miles per hour. kim says this began outside of his dry cleaners. >> i said stop it three times. then, i go to the front. i jumped up on the hood. >> this objective to have her stop. >> i will. >> and my gosh. he could have slid under the car. >> lucky. very lucky. >> witnesses say the driver was behind the wheel and was sitting there stone faced. they plan to charge the driver if and when they find her. >> yes. >> consumer reports has partnered with 7 on your side
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on a report on deceptive mortgage services. >> these ads come in the mail. home refinancing ads promising rock bottom rates. they're tempting. freelance musician wanted to get a lower rate. he says income is not predictable and he o.signed loans he told he was a poor risk. then he got a mailing from a company in california. >> they said that they could help us. after hitting a break wall with these banks and thing we jumped at it. >> joe says the company asked for $3500 up front oof in
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cases it's illegal to ask for anyone. >> the ftc is investigating and created fake ones based on real come ons. some red flags? promises like guarantee add proveal or low fixed rates. with no details or ads that look like they're from a government agency. >> ftc poured through ads and warned about 30 companies they may be breaking the law. >> consumer reports says the best way to get a good loan bump up your score by clearing up black marks and errors with three credit bureaus.
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and for people like joe, it may offer good options. a good place to start is with a bank or credit union. you can get copies from annual credit report.com we have information on abc 7 news. >> and if people are asking for money? >> no. no. you're supposed to get money from them. not from you. so no and in cases it's illegal. >> coming up, a controversial figure creating an uproar for san francisco's gay pride parade. >> how owe organizers handle that had selection. i'll have that story coming up on abc 7 news. >> in the abc 7 newsroom stepping up limo safety
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following the fire. it trapped and killed five women on the san mateo bridge. governor
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>> at 8:00 it is splash followed by body of proof then come back, join us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> delaware governor expected to sign a measure today making it 11th stit allow same-sex marriage u.s. supreme court will make a decision soon. >> organizers of san francisco gay pride parade find themselves in the position of accused of discrimination. >> yes. a complaint has been filed with san francisco human rights commission against san francisco pride board of
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directors because of the way his president handled election of one of the grand markets. others say he's a traitor. san francisco gay pride parade has been going strong this year there ais a uproar over bradley manning accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to ki -- wiki leaks. >> gary virginia is a member of sf pride so called electoral college a former grand marshal himself but the pride board rez has revoked
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the selection and should never have been allowed to happen that. move being applauded by fred shine. who considers manning a traitor. >> we believe died because of what he did. >> he is in federal prison and would not have been able to ride in the parade. controversy now focuses on the organizers. today a group filed a complaint against sf pride board of directors. the attorney claimed it stopped on the moral conviction vix of the grand marshals who voted for manning. gary virginia filed this complaint. >> i don't think this is personal. it's about facts. >> and i can tell you sf pride
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meeting is set for 7:00 tonight in the building behind me. if it goes on maybe people can get answers. we've been trying since this morning with no response. >> carolyn, thank you. and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> thank you. >> eerie similarities between three women found and jaycee dugard's case. >> stepping up limo safety in the wake of the bridge tragedy. how one lawmaker is working to prevent another accident like this. pattern changes coming. what it means for you coming up.
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>> so we kicked bottom. she comes up with a little girl and says call 911. my name is amanda barry. >> the rescue of three women found living in the home of three brothers. good evening. >> we're learning about what they endured those years being held captive. the ordeal included beatings and sexual abuse. abc news learned one of the suspects is blefd to have fathered a child with a one of the victims. >> two victims berry and gina dejesus have been release frtd hospital. >> these girls women are so strong, stronger than i am. they have a positive attitude this, is what we need from everyone. >> the third victim is
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expected to leave the hospital home. >> neighbors says the owner of the home attended a candle light vigil. castro has been arrested with his brothers. >> there are some similarities between the case and jaycee dugard case. she was held in an antioch home 18 years. nanette? >> a few years ago california had a missing child mirror why cell. jaycee dugard held behind this house. this case brings back memories here. >> the quiet neighborhood where jaycee dugard was held captainist seems back to normal. her

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